Any permitting program that takes seven to ten years and costs $50 to $100 million is not a permitting program, it is an...
There is a famous saying of Golda Meir that Moses tramped all over the Middle East for 40 years and settled in the one p...
We are not talking about cutting environmental corners. We are talking about establishing a process that makes sense.
We are doing that to ourselves.
The difficult decisions today will be impossible 10 years from now.
It seems to me you have to look at both sides of the ledger if you are talking about stimulating economic growth.
My goal in Maine was that we would have the highest environmental standards in the country and the most timely, efficien...
A timely and predictable, environmental permitting process is, in no way, inconsistent with environmental protection.
There is no question in my mind that rooftop solar, storage, conservation, demand response is going to happen in this co...
I am gravely concerned about unlimited exports adversely affecting prices in our domestic market.
The closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility remains a top administration priority and a national security imper...
I am disappointed that the President's budget has slashed funding for this program.
I have also spoken at a graduation ceremony for a drug court in Portland, and it was really inspiring.
I will admit that I was somewhat apprehensive, but she turned out to be a wonderful employee.
It is my understanding that we plussed up the program in the Appropriations Committee because it was so successful.
I hear repeatedly from police officers, detectives, sheriffs, law enforcement at all levels in Maine, State, local, coun...
I have seen firsthand in Maine the difference that these courts can make in helping people straighten out their lives.
I hope our subcommittee will take a look at that, but I wonder if the Department has done any sort of cost benefit analy...
